Adding Existing Assemblies

Objective: In this video and/or step by step walkthrough, you’ll learn how to add existing assemblies to the scenario and pages in your VECTOR bid

Assemblies Tab

From the Build screen, navigate to the Assemblies tab

Left click the Scenario you want to add assemblies to

Add Assembly

With the Scenario selected, click the Add button

Add Scenario Assembly Window

This window has two tabs:

Add Existing: Used to add existing assemblies from your database

Add New:  Allows you to add new assemblies at the job level

Default Assemblies

By default in the available assembly section you’ll see 3 assemblies:

  • Generic Area
  • Generic Length
  • Generic Count

Add Existing Assembly from List

Left click on the Assembly you would like to move from Available to Added

Left click again to remove it from the list

Search for Assembly by Name

Click in the Name box, then type in your search

Your filtered list will only show assemblies that correspond to your search

If the Vector bid was marked as using the Imperial unit system you will only see assemblies from your database that are marked as using the Imperial unit system as well and vice-versa for Metric designations

Search for Assembly by Category

Click in the Category box, then type in your search

Your filtered list will only show assemblies that correspond to your search

Search for Assembly by Type

Click the drop-down arrow in the Type box, then select a Type

Your filtered list will only show assemblies that correspond to your selection

 

Moving Multiple Available Assemblies to Added Assemblies

Click the Select All button to move your individual or group of assemblies over to Added Assemblies

No matter what you input in the name category or type field the added assembly section will not change

Click the Add button at the bottom of your window once all required assemblies are in the Added section

Added Scenarios Confirmation

Once you hit Add, you will receive a green toaster notification and all assemblies are in the Added list

Add Assemblies to Page for Takeoff

On the left-hand side of your screen, left click on a page from your Bid Tree where you would like to perform takeoff

Hover over the Page and click Add Assembly

Add Assembly to Page

Option 1:

Left click on the assembly under the Available Assemblies column to move it over to Added Assemblies

Option 2:

Click in the Name box and input your search

Option 3:

Click the Select All button

Click Add at the bottom of the screen

All the assemblies in the added section will now appear in a list

A yellow warning will appear next to the assembly indicating that no takeoff quantities have been aggregated for this assembly